Garment protector



LE ROY H. RAND GARMENT PROTECTOR iled March 5. 1921 Patented Apr 1, 1924.

I UNITED STATES LE ROY H. RAND, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GARMENT PROTECTOR.

Application filed March 3, 1921. Serial No. 449,407.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LE RoY H. RAND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Protectors, of which the following is a specification, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates more particularly to garment-protectors of the moisture-proof type which are adapted to be worn by infants as a protective covering for the customary absorbent diaper, these protectors being made in a side-seamed form of baby-pants having waist and leg openings inherently capable of expanding and then closing or contracting about the infants body to afford an effective closure and protection, and furthermore to prevent an egress of moisture as well as to be comfortable to the wearer. My invention is also adapted to be used on bathing-caps and other similar articles of wear having expansible and contractible openings which are adapted to be fitted or adjusted around different parts of the human" body.

The objects of my invention are, among other things, to provide an article of this general character in which thereis formed such inner joints of the garment usually held by a strip of fabric on the inside there of to produce the garment body with a piece of non-expansible tape which shall be covered or protected on all sides by the sheet rubber or rubberized material out of which the body of the garment is made whereby the strength and durability of the garment is considerably increased.

ment will be hereinafter fully set forth-and particularly pointed out in the appended These and other objects of my improve-- Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several figures.

Referring to thedrawings and more particularly Fig. 1, the improved protector is preferably formed of a front portion 8 and a rear portion '9 of sheet rubber material or of any water-proof fabric preferably united by-two side-seams 10 (only one being shown in Fig. 1). The front and rear portions 8 and 9 are so cut as to produce the waist opening 11 and leg openings 12 and 13, each opening being formed by folding outer margins of the front and rear portions 8 and 9, and then securing same by'a line of stitching 14 whereby annular hemmed pockets 15 are produced about the peripheries ofthe openings 11, 12 and 13 as shown in Fig. 1.

Within these pockets 15, are passed elastic bands (not shown) to produce the normally shirred portions about the openings 11, 12 and 13 whereby the garment may be expanded and fitted about the waist and legs of the child.

Referring to 2 and 3, I have shown Y I my improvement in embodying in the sideseams 10 covered strips of non-elastic tapes 22 which are protected by the folded over portion 23 of the rear body 9 and the adjacent edges of the front body 8 by the two lines of stitching 24. and 25. By this construction I have formed a firm non-stretching side seam in which the tape 22' is protected on all sides by the sheet rubber or water-proofed material, thereby avoiding wetting or staining the tape-22 which also affords a non-yielding support for garters.

or other attachments. The ends of the tapes 22' are secured to the junctures 17 and 18 as shown in Fig. 1.

The invention is not to be limited to the particular constructions shown, not to any particular constructions by which the desired effects may be produced, as many changes and alterations may be made wlthout departing from the principles of the invention and without sacrificing its advantages.

I claim as my invention 1. In a garment formed of elastic material a non-stretchable side-seam uniting the edges of said material comprising a nonelastic tape covered on all sides by the edges of said material.

2. In a garment formed of. elastic material a non-stretchable side-seam uniting the edges of said material comprising a non-elastietape held within a folded over portion. of said material and a marginal edge" of said material united by stitching on both sides'of said tape. 3. In a garment formed of elastic material a non-stretchable side-seam uniting the edges of said material comprising a nonelastic tape held within a. folded over portion of said material and a marginal edge of said material, said folded portion and 10 edge being united by spaced rows of parallel stitches on either side of said tape.

LE ROY H. RAND. 

